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. >> reporter: we went to terry christianson who taught political science at san jose state for 40 years and has literally written textbooks on local government. he said california might actually get away with the land grab. >> historically, it has always been recognized that the states are superior in authority to local government. so this i think would be the state's argument on the retro activity issue. we're the boss. we can do this. >> reporter: unless the property under review fits one of three criteria. the land was transferred before january 1, 2011. was contractually committed to a third party before the law was signed. or programs more pertinently, qualifies as having a clear government purpose. what exactly is a clear government purpose? according to hd palmer of the department of finance, it is defined by state law in broad terms as, quote, assets such as roads, school buildings, parks, police, fire stations, libraries, and local agency administrative buildings. omitted in that list. no mention of convention centers or theme parks. >> you cannot justify this. some thing are r
. >> reporter: we went to terry christianson who taught political science at san jose state for 40 years and has literally written textbooks on local government. he said california might actually get away with the land grab. >> historically, it has always been recognized that the states are superior in authority to local government. so this i think would be the state's argument on the retro activity issue. we're the boss. we can do this. >> reporter: unless the property under...
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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thankou. >> woodruff: with 25 days left until the year-end fiscal cliff, and just 19 days until christmas, president obama warned lawmakers today not to add to the holiday pressures americans already feel, by letting the political stalemate drag on. but he also again insisted there would be no deal unless tax rates went up on the wealthy. >> the closer it gets to the brink, the more stressed we're going to be. >> woodruff: president obama made the short trip to northern virginia today to underline his plan to avert the fiscal cliff. at the home of what the white house called a typical middle class family, mr. obama said he's optimistic that agreement can be reached, but again drew a hard line for republicans in congress. >> everybody's is going to have to share in s
supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thankou. >> woodruff: with 25 days left until the year-end fiscal cliff, and just 19 days until christmas, president obama warned lawmakers today not to add to the...
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of science news, delivered fresh every monday, wednesday and friday. today's daily special-- the mars rover rumors. and on "need to know" tonight, an encore report about an investigation into alleged abuses by u.s. border patrol officers. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> warner: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are eight re. >> warner: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm margaret warner. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good nit. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, prod
of science news, delivered fresh every monday, wednesday and friday. today's daily special-- the mars rover rumors. and on "need to know" tonight, an encore report about an investigation into alleged abuses by u.s. border patrol officers. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> warner: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available....
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it is not literature, science, innovation, or creativity. it is not innovation. we need rigor and imagination. you need both. you have the left hand and the right hand. we have to combine those things. in california, we create innovation by ab32, but the only state with the cap and trade program, we create it by cutting regulation. i had to fire two incumbent people in our division of conservation. there were blocking oil exploration. i fired them and the oil permits for drilling went up 18%. we have to work on many levels. we're promoting efficiency. we're promoting and renewable energy and climate change -- i take courage change very seriously. we have got to do with it and there is a lot of resistance. but we deal with that through enlightened government policies, feedback, and changing them when we find they do not work. and encouraging the private sector where the ideas come up. i do not think -- steve jobs working in his career came up with stuff. i did not know that steve jobs was working in that group on the computer. we want to have space for that. we ne
it is not literature, science, innovation, or creativity. it is not innovation. we need rigor and imagination. you need both. you have the left hand and the right hand. we have to combine those things. in california, we create innovation by ab32, but the only state with the cap and trade program, we create it by cutting regulation. i had to fire two incumbent people in our division of conservation. there were blocking oil exploration. i fired them and the oil permits for drilling went up 18%....
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for the answer we turn to science. >> the estimate is that there's about 200 genes that actually make up the facial composition so if you think about a slot machine, what are the odds you would get 200 rows on a slot machine to line up. >> reporter: what's the number? what are the chances that i have a twin out there who looks exactly like me. >> 1 in a billion. >> reporter: 1 in a billion with a "b." . do people tell you look like anybody? >> oh, you look like elizabeth taylor when you were young or fran dresh sneer do i look like anybody famous? >> you look like you because you are famous. >> reporter: oh, my gosh, i love you. so the next time someone tells you look look like -- >> kevin durant. >> robert downey jr. >> jennifer lopez. >> this little guy they say he looks like bruce willis. >> reporter: i see it, i see it, really. >>> and there it is, and there is truth behind it. we all have a number of genes to make up our facial features, and if someone shares a similar number of genes, that's why we end up looking alike. >> amazing. >> reporter: i know you are getting tweets all
for the answer we turn to science. >> the estimate is that there's about 200 genes that actually make up the facial composition so if you think about a slot machine, what are the odds you would get 200 rows on a slot machine to line up. >> reporter: what's the number? what are the chances that i have a twin out there who looks exactly like me. >> 1 in a billion. >> reporter: 1 in a billion with a "b." . do people tell you look like anybody? >> oh, you...
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, that climate science even exists. republicans control the house. you need 60 votes to get something in the senate. you need 67 votes to get a climate treaty, an international treaty ratified. >> ifill: do you see a movement coming from the white house to kind of boost this? >> well, it will be very interesting to see what the president does. he did... president obama did talk about climate change in his election night speech. there are signs that he thinks about this as kind of a legacy issue. he's someone who cares a lot about his legacy. this would be sort of a decade, century-long issue that would cement his place. >> ifill: we'll see what he does next, if anything. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: house republicans made a counter-offer on how to avoid the "fiscal cliff." it calls for $2.2 trillion in savings over ten years, but no hike in tax rates. and the u.n. announced it's pulling nonessential international staffers from syria, while u.s. officials
, that climate science even exists. republicans control the house. you need 60 votes to get something in the senate. you need 67 votes to get a climate treaty, an international treaty ratified. >> ifill: do you see a movement coming from the white house to kind of boost this? >> well, it will be very interesting to see what the president does. he did... president obama did talk about climate change in his election night speech. there are signs that he thinks about this as kind of a...
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and the first thing i thought was because we are not teaching them sciences or computer or technology. much of it had to do with up can't even answer a phone. you don't have social skills. you can't say please and thank you and do as you are told. what? >> i would like to see that report. i was just talking to someone that does manufacturing who works so many manufacturing policy in the government that said some of the numbers are overblown. some of those numbers, in fact are. i think you had someone from the consulting group saying? of those numbers are because -- you know, employers are not training and are not paying up for the skills. >> some of the argument has been that our education is so dismal we are not teaching people -- hold the phone for a minute here. dana bash from capitol hill is joining me. i heard your question. it was right on point. it was, i believe, question number one for the speaker. which was -- are you willing to start negotiating on the numbers of that top taxation issue between 35 and 39.5. you didn't get your answer. >> reporter: i didn't get my answer. bu
and the first thing i thought was because we are not teaching them sciences or computer or technology. much of it had to do with up can't even answer a phone. you don't have social skills. you can't say please and thank you and do as you are told. what? >> i would like to see that report. i was just talking to someone that does manufacturing who works so many manufacturing policy in the government that said some of the numbers are overblown. some of those numbers, in fact are. i think you...
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that's our science thursday feature. on art beat, digital touchups and tricks are common in photography today. we talk to a curator at the metropolitan museum of art about an exhibit that explores the history of photo manipulation before photoshop. plus, on making sense, economics correspondent paul solman ponders government versus private spending. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. ray? >> brown: and again, to our >> suarez: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs sta
that's our science thursday feature. on art beat, digital touchups and tricks are common in photography today. we talk to a curator at the metropolitan museum of art about an exhibit that explores the history of photo manipulation before photoshop. plus, on making sense, economics correspondent paul solman ponders government versus private spending. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. ray? >> brown: and again, to our >> suarez: and that's the "newshour"...
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don't pay a tax on the whole you are your debt and then you'll ride some sort of what's left or as science guys go to the issue thank you after the break every break the war on women is still going strong despite women voting heavily against republicans say she will add earlier this month what dirty tactics are republicans in arizona now using to influence a woman's right to choose. you get. to go and. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then. you...
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the answer is part of our science roundup online. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: the image resembles a lite-bright time lapse. find those pictures and our conversation with a software developer who set out to visualize the 24-hour cycle of urban public transit systems. that's on our homepage. an international telecommunications conference in dubai aims to set new rules for the internet. what's at stake? we take a look in the rundown. and on making sense, economics correspondent paul solman argues both sides of the capital gains tax debate. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by
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>> the nutrition science initiative. we went back and looked at every scientific study back to world war ii that attempted to answer that equipment think gary we found 82 studies that had attempted to answer that but they were all fraught with the same sort of limitations and problems. so in 2012 we actually don't know the answer to that question base opened rigorous science, although that's plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that a calorie is not a calorie. >> one thing i know that is absolutely must be true is you should eat less fat. fat does all this harm. and yet you eat lots of fat. and you're a doctor. stanford doctor. what's that about? >> well, like i said, three or four years ago when i got the point where i was too overweight to handle my own existence and my wife said i needed to be a little less not then, i realized i probably had a co-bow hydrate intolerance issue and all those whole grains and things i was eating were leading to me becoming fatter and i realized if i stripped that stuff out of my diet
>> the nutrition science initiative. we went back and looked at every scientific study back to world war ii that attempted to answer that equipment think gary we found 82 studies that had attempted to answer that but they were all fraught with the same sort of limitations and problems. so in 2012 we actually don't know the answer to that question base opened rigorous science, although that's plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that a calorie is not a calorie. >> one thing i know...
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help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that defends against tender, inflamed gums, sensitivity and weak enamel. conditions people over 50 experience. crest pro-health for life. so jill can keep living the good life. crest. life opens up when you do. can i still ship a gift in time for christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. it's changing the conversation. ♪ syou know, i've helped alot ofof people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep me
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other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense, from td ameritrade. thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly miller time segment tonight. get to the sage of southern california he joins us from santa barbara. miller, you are listening to all the goings on here about christmas and you say? >> they won, face the face of modern progressivism. that's the inclusive guy you just talked to a while back. i'm the american preemptive. that's the new inclusive. it's america 180. so i'm just going to lock the pod face on and i'm going to say i don't think there is a war on anything except women. i prefer to think this is a seasonal comp trton brought up by a small man named lincoln chafee who if he was more i had ole the 00 particular outside the christmas tree. for seasonal sake what has happened to this country when i sing white christmas now i will no doubt be deemed to be a racist. we have lost our mind. lock the pod face on and stay low because the inmates are subletting the asylum. the only reason they don't
other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense, from td ameritrade. thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly miller time segment tonight. get to the sage of southern california he joins us from santa barbara. miller, you are listening to all the goings on here about christmas and you say? >> they won, face the face of modern progressivism. that's the inclusive guy you just talked to a while back....
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what you see happening right now, dana is the art of politics and verse us the science of good policy. we need to move away from campaign mode and stimulate economic growth and wealth expansion and not wealth distribution. when the president is focused on the wealth distribution politic which thomas jefferson and hamilton lincoln talked against we are headed on down the wrong path. more people are pushed to food stamps and more people pushed to poverty and unemployment situation is going to get worse. we have seen that recently with the weekly job claims numbers coming out. >> and one of the things that are part of the debate and since the carter administration is the need to reform entitlements and make social security is set on a path and available to children and grandchildren that are born today. >> it seems to me that cram -- congressman that entitlements are not part of the discussion but do you think it should be. >> it has to be. it is troubling when the president is ordering the expansion of government and increase of tax rates, but he's not talking about the true of our debt
what you see happening right now, dana is the art of politics and verse us the science of good policy. we need to move away from campaign mode and stimulate economic growth and wealth expansion and not wealth distribution. when the president is focused on the wealth distribution politic which thomas jefferson and hamilton lincoln talked against we are headed on down the wrong path. more people are pushed to food stamps and more people pushed to poverty and unemployment situation is going to get...
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located near the museum and the california academy of sciences, shakespeares garden was designed in 1928 by the california spring blossom association. flowers and plants played an important part in shakespeares literary masterpieces. here is an enchanting and tranquil garden tucked away along a path behind a charming gate. this garden is the spot to woo your date. appreciate the beauty of its unique setting. the cherry tree, the brick walkways, the enchanting stones, the rustic sundial. chaired the
located near the museum and the california academy of sciences, shakespeares garden was designed in 1928 by the california spring blossom association. flowers and plants played an important part in shakespeares literary masterpieces. here is an enchanting and tranquil garden tucked away along a path behind a charming gate. this garden is the spot to woo your date. appreciate the beauty of its unique setting. the cherry tree, the brick walkways, the enchanting stones, the rustic sundial. chaired...
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the hard sciences that we have too few in terms of graduates from our colleges and universities. this bill passed in the house of representatives with 245 votes, and was originally sponsored by my friend and colleague, lamar smith of texas, and is very similar to a piece of legislation i myself have introduced earlier this year. the goal of this legislation is one that i think is -- enjoys broad bipartisan support, and that is to help the united states retain more of the highly skilled immigrants who come to study at our colleges and universities. in particular, this bill would make eligible for a green card those who graduate in the stem fields who get a master's degree or a ph.d. and so we would not add to the net number of green cards that would be eligible, there is 55,000 diversity lottery visa green cards that would be substituted for by these stem green cards. now, we all know that america's immigration system is broken, and, unfortunately, it's a self-inflicted wound in many respects, but in particular by diving away highly skilled foreign workers who want to start busine
the hard sciences that we have too few in terms of graduates from our colleges and universities. this bill passed in the house of representatives with 245 votes, and was originally sponsored by my friend and colleague, lamar smith of texas, and is very similar to a piece of legislation i myself have introduced earlier this year. the goal of this legislation is one that i think is -- enjoys broad bipartisan support, and that is to help the united states retain more of the highly skilled...
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the executive director of the center for science in the public terest said, "overdoing caffeine alone is actually pretty difficult to do. someone would have to make an effort to nsume 40 or so 200-mg caffeine tablets." or... about thisuch 5-hour energy... in a single day. we recomme... not more than two per day. yeah, when we fit came out with the product.. you know, i made sure of o thing. if my family wasn' going tose it... if it wasn't good enough for myamily if it wasn't safe for my f family... i'm not gonna put it out there. i take it almost every day. and twice when i play tennis. this is ouiter that we have to be safe... if we're not willing to dit ourselves... we're not askiking anybody elseo do it. we're not gonna se it. so, that's our approach toafety... that is a higher standard you can get. >> many companies are trying to take their money and run huge firms. ralph nader a big critic of many corporations and a move like this, ralph, what do you think? this is not a shock given what they are facing? >> this has been going on for a long time, with transfer pricing they stash
the executive director of the center for science in the public terest said, "overdoing caffeine alone is actually pretty difficult to do. someone would have to make an effort to nsume 40 or so 200-mg caffeine tablets." or... about thisuch 5-hour energy... in a single day. we recomme... not more than two per day. yeah, when we fit came out with the product.. you know, i made sure of o thing. if my family wasn' going tose it... if it wasn't good enough for myamily if it wasn't safe for...
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carbon they have absolutely the people it's the most humane moral choice global warming this is big science you know that tom believe it could be called to be in addition to reducing carbon which is which is heating up and destroyed when it's the middle part is part of what i was the last word out of this natural gas is going great with fracking in terms of atmospheric emissions and that's why what do you see the way the u.s. emissions are down global emissions are up what he is saying and i know that china is not a political but what do you say to people in need in new jersey who lost their homes to hurricane sandy i say hurricanes happen for you even beyond that like this for you to even bring up hurricanes we're going the longest period without a major category three or larger hurricane making landfall since at least one thousand nine hundred eighty s. the one water hitting us are much bigger the atmosphere has fired listen to her and it's i think it is just a two thousand mile down on her i was going to tornadoes coming across they're not having the big tornadoes are down dramatically s
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there is a science to them in the imitators i cannot speak for. but they are imitators so that says something. >>caller: yes it does your hangers are wonderful!! >>guest: happy holidays and i guess you are getting a gift bag for yourself as well. >>caller: [laughter] [laughter] >>host: the yugo mirijam thank you. --there you go. gorgeous! we know we love6 c13 hangers. the bag is a really special added bonus. >>guest: look how big it is. to fit 36 hangers. you put echo in here and give it as a gift.--a coat >>guest: i do not think i have ever seen this many people on the telephone number. call now do not miss out because i think it goes away when we do. >>host: it does. it goes away when we go away. [laughter] >>guest: i am not going there. if you are going to part with it as a gift do not forget about the guys.from their suits, shirts. you your husband colleen, if you are fighting over hangers, give him a gift.1-36 pack in the color he wants. >>host: purple sold out, go to your next favorite color. >>guest: we still have ruby red? >>host: we will
there is a science to them in the imitators i cannot speak for. but they are imitators so that says something. >>caller: yes it does your hangers are wonderful!! >>guest: happy holidays and i guess you are getting a gift bag for yourself as well. >>caller: [laughter] [laughter] >>host: the yugo mirijam thank you. --there you go. gorgeous! we know we love6 c13 hangers. the bag is a really special added bonus. >>guest: look how big it is. to fit 36 hangers. you put...
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. for a professional cleansing device? join the counter revolution and switch to olay pro-x. get cleansing results as effective as a $200 system. guaranteed or your money back. olay pro-x. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. senate republicans are holding america's progress hostage with the filibuster. they have blocked legislation like the veterans jobs act, which is killing thousands of jobs in the process. now senate democrats want action. they want to change e. senate majority leader harry reid wants three changes to the filibuster. they would make debates public and provide a shorter timeframe for breaking filibusters. these are minor reforms and the filibuster can still be used. republican minority leader mitch mcconnell railed against the changed earlier today. he said they were an effort to marginalize the minority party. harry reid hit right back atd the gentleman from kentucky and referenced this comment
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this is not based on science. as a result we have very low emissions coming from developed countries, which means they are showing a bad example to developing countries who would want to do more, but seeing that leaders are not living up to their expectations, this has repressed their ability to do more in terms of their own population. >> ambassador jumeau, before you were the roving ambassador for the seychelles, you were a u.n. ambassador. the u.s. has a major drone bass in the seychelles, which means you have close ties to the military. does that affect your negotiations here? >> not at all. first and foremost, we are a small island country, a member of the alliance of small island states. we are also part of the african union, but we always take the same position as the islands, because the islands have to stay together. ironically, the u.s. drones in seychelles take off from an airport only 10 feet above sea level. that should give them an idea of the kind of threat we are facing. when a tsunami hit the seyc
this is not based on science. as a result we have very low emissions coming from developed countries, which means they are showing a bad example to developing countries who would want to do more, but seeing that leaders are not living up to their expectations, this has repressed their ability to do more in terms of their own population. >> ambassador jumeau, before you were the roving ambassador for the seychelles, you were a u.n. ambassador. the u.s. has a major drone bass in the...
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they've always operated under a constitutional mandate to promote in vigorously expand the progress of science throughout the world but take it away from the legal argument look at the practical argument the simpler commonsense argument is that if a corporation has a patent over human d.n.a. then that corporation is only going to focus on how they can make a profit from that patent how they can make a profit from that d.n.a. to the detriment of human life and human well being for example in this case as you pointed out this company wants to control they want control over a gene that shows that a woman's predisposed to suffer from breast cancer ovarian cancer well the the corporation has a clear plan the reason they want to hold this patent is they want to exclude they want to prevent course they want to can prevent hospitals and universities and research centers from conducting competitive testing in competitive laboratory ass a that might successfully detect genetic predisposition in a patient so it's look it's a new medical industrial complex there's twenty three thousand genes out there fiv
they've always operated under a constitutional mandate to promote in vigorously expand the progress of science throughout the world but take it away from the legal argument look at the practical argument the simpler commonsense argument is that if a corporation has a patent over human d.n.a. then that corporation is only going to focus on how they can make a profit from that patent how they can make a profit from that d.n.a. to the detriment of human life and human well being for example in...
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government investment in basic science for example, in biotechnology and genomics, has created a whole new growth industry where the u.s. is the world leader. those are examples where the government and industry together both can do things which help build our economic future. > the book holds some fascinating insights. "producing prosperity" it is called. willy shee, one of the authors. thank you so much. > > thank you bill. still ahead, rebuilding the housing market by fixing the foreclosure crisis. an update is coming up next. when we decided to update ourselves on the foreclosure process in america, we didn't have to search very far. chicago ranks 3rd in the nation compared to other cities. by state, it's california, michigan, texas, and georgia leading the way with the most completed foreclosures this year. joining us on set this morning is mary jones. she is the executive director agora community services. good morning to you. > > good morning. thank you for having me. > absolutely. we were hoping you could give us a sense of what is happening with people out there who are underw
government investment in basic science for example, in biotechnology and genomics, has created a whole new growth industry where the u.s. is the world leader. those are examples where the government and industry together both can do things which help build our economic future. > the book holds some fascinating insights. "producing prosperity" it is called. willy shee, one of the authors. thank you so much. > > thank you bill. still ahead, rebuilding the housing market by...
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people around the world with accredited degrees in science and math. get a green card and come to the u.s. of a. >> don't get too excited. the stem jobs act would give visas to 55,000 immigrant who have advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math, stem. the problem with the bill, only 27 democrats supported, is that it would eliminate 55,000 visas from the diversity visa program. the diversity visa program is a lottery system to provide immigrants from areas with low immigration rates with the clans it come to america. democratic congresswoman of california represents silicon valley. they are the prime beneficiary, arguably, of more high skilled immigration. she is not a fan of this bill. she said this give and take approach of immigration is like a grover norquist style pledge. signing with anti-immigrant groups to never create a green card immigrant without taking one away from someone else. it isn't likely to pass in the senate since charles schumer and chris coons added a stem bill without the visa program. the obama administration
people around the world with accredited degrees in science and math. get a green card and come to the u.s. of a. >> don't get too excited. the stem jobs act would give visas to 55,000 immigrant who have advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math, stem. the problem with the bill, only 27 democrats supported, is that it would eliminate 55,000 visas from the diversity visa program. the diversity visa program is a lottery system to provide immigrants from areas with low...
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to project itself generation to generation the problem that we see when that happens is that stifle science in this situation for example what you're going to find is the inability to take this very important gene in diagnose women that might be developing cancer or even come up with a therapeutic treatment for women who might be developing cancer because this company once they get in to get the patent possession of the bad they'll tweak it just a little bit to where they still hold that that patent you know for the rest of time . think about this because they have control of this patent tom there's we might not be able to eradicate this disease think of this had this been in place when polio was we were faced with polio we were faced with smallpox science would not have been able to succeed they wouldn't have been able to move ahead because they weren't they would have been able cooperate they would have been able to share research but this federal court ruled two to one in the lower you know from the standpoint of reversing a lower court and they've turning their turning science research
to project itself generation to generation the problem that we see when that happens is that stifle science in this situation for example what you're going to find is the inability to take this very important gene in diagnose women that might be developing cancer or even come up with a therapeutic treatment for women who might be developing cancer because this company once they get in to get the patent possession of the bad they'll tweak it just a little bit to where they still hold that that...
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the study was published in the authority of journal science. is this more ammunition for the climate change crowd to stick it to was with a carbon tax? gerri: that is exactly what they are going to try to do. i think it is a lousy idea. a couple of numbers here. we are not the problem here. it is not the u.s. that is the problem. our emissions have fallen by 1.7% over the last decade. china up 123%. all of these developing countries are pushing out carbon emissions. it is not us. we are declining at this level. to think we need a tax to change what is going on what is happening the american people are already beyond it, already making the choices that save -- stuart: this is a forte of force. liz: i know that the glaciers are melting. i have seen them in alaska. john mccain and lindsey graham, conservatives, said the glaciers are melting. is it due to warming notion or warming atmosphere, do we need a methane can trade system because methane is worse than carbon? some scientists said. a very controversial subject that gets heated reaction in me
the study was published in the authority of journal science. is this more ammunition for the climate change crowd to stick it to was with a carbon tax? gerri: that is exactly what they are going to try to do. i think it is a lousy idea. a couple of numbers here. we are not the problem here. it is not the u.s. that is the problem. our emissions have fallen by 1.7% over the last decade. china up 123%. all of these developing countries are pushing out carbon emissions. it is not us. we are...
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the science is clear. our national security establishments, our business communities all know this is rear. there is a rear-guard action in this building led by polluters to keep us from taking action on this. we have to face the fact that the deniers are wrong. just plain dead wrong. >> jennifer: that is the incredible senator sheldon white whitehouse unloading on his colleagues at a senate hearing. exactly who is he talking to? take senator gyms inhofe. he's with the senate committee of environment and public works. that senator, senator inhofe has referred to global chime change change as an alarmist. why would he say that? maybe because the top three contributers to his political campaign for the top five years are some of the top fossil fuel industries in the campaign. koch industries, murray energy. devon energy. is there any chance that reason can speak louder than money? here to help us answer that question is jefferey sachs. he's comeing to us via skype from new york. thank you for joining us in "
the science is clear. our national security establishments, our business communities all know this is rear. there is a rear-guard action in this building led by polluters to keep us from taking action on this. we have to face the fact that the deniers are wrong. just plain dead wrong. >> jennifer: that is the incredible senator sheldon white whitehouse unloading on his colleagues at a senate hearing. exactly who is he talking to? take senator gyms inhofe. he's with the senate committee of...
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bill nye the science guy is here to talk about climate change. hi, bill. >> greetings. >> greetings. >> carol. >> when you hear -- when you hear jan brewer, you say -- >> well, we as science educators have a lot of work to do. climate change is caused by people and there's new find where the ice sheets are melting faster than anybody expected. sea levels go up faster than anybody expected. so the populated areas like the east coast where sandy hit are going to be affected. people are going to have to move or take extraordinary steps, steps that people haven't taken before. >> some people say that they shouldn't rebuild along the shores. what do you think? >> well, i think the answer there is clearly it depends. it depends if you have the resources to build the infrastructure or the seabawall the gates, the channels to allow you to tolerate or absorb a storm like sandy. i remind everybody, sandy was not an especially big hurricane. if we get a bigger hurricane, and those sea levels a little higher, the effects are going to be bigger. and more cost
bill nye the science guy is here to talk about climate change. hi, bill. >> greetings. >> greetings. >> carol. >> when you hear -- when you hear jan brewer, you say -- >> well, we as science educators have a lot of work to do. climate change is caused by people and there's new find where the ice sheets are melting faster than anybody expected. sea levels go up faster than anybody expected. so the populated areas like the east coast where sandy hit are going to be...
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science technology innovation all the latest developments around russia. you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month so food i should try it because you know how fabulous and lucky i got so. i mean. i know that i'm still really messed up. in the old story so personally i believe it's. worse for the little thing the white house or the. radio guy for minestrone they want to call for a budget because you never seen anything like this until. a low low low i'm having mark and this is breaking this set so let's talk about obamacare now regardless of your thoughts on this controversial controversial piece of legislation what it does above all else is mandate people to find a private insurance companies and what many of you may not know is that the chief architect of this legislation is a woman named elizabeth fowler who's also the former vice president for public policy and external affairs for wellpoint the nation's largest health insurance corporation basically she was the have a lobbyist for america's largest health insurance company and she drafted the
science technology innovation all the latest developments around russia. you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month so food i should try it because you know how fabulous and lucky i got so. i mean. i know that i'm still really messed up. in the old story so personally i believe it's. worse for the little thing the white house or the. radio guy for minestrone they want to call for a budget because you never seen anything like this until. a low low low i'm having mark and this is breaking...
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and tom i think what's so setting about lamar smith being in that position he is the key guy in the science committee for the house of representatives in the greatest power in this country the united states of america now he's the same guy this political hack who's telling people who lived through sandy people who survived the western drought fires people who survived three hundred fifty tornadoes over a two month period of time last year he's the republican telling them that you know what you sound ridiculous when you talk about climate change you sound like a ridiculous global alarmist that's the man the republicans chose to put in charge of science in america today but don't republicans also have kids who are going to have to grow up in a hotter and more volatile and thus far more hostile to human life planet. they don't seem to care we've heard that argument so many times it used to be an argument that we would pay attention to and that is as you sit in that chamber and mr smith as you take seven hundred thousand dollars from an industry that you know is corrupt an industry that you're
and tom i think what's so setting about lamar smith being in that position he is the key guy in the science committee for the house of representatives in the greatest power in this country the united states of america now he's the same guy this political hack who's telling people who lived through sandy people who survived the western drought fires people who survived three hundred fifty tornadoes over a two month period of time last year he's the republican telling them that you know what you...
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which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ >> bob: can't bet that. shortly the president of the united states will be lighting the christmas tree, an annual event. now, it's tradition that the president does this. brings his family down. dana, you and i have both been to one of them. tell us your story. >> dana: the first year i worked in d.c. after the 9/11 attack. christmas season was very special time. obviously, even more so. but it was 71-degrees outside. it was hard to get in the christmas spirit. when the lights went down and the sun went down and the lights came on and the president did lighting of the tree, it was a great moment. i try to go every year even if it was cold. your story is better than mine. >> bob: i was there on the podium there with president carter way back in the back. president carter had a rough year. hostages and a lot going on. he went to push a big button. you did gets or someone to push the button. pushed the button and the tree didn't light up. >> andrea: metaphor. >> bob: took ten seconds. pleasant thing. now, if it
which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ >> bob: can't bet that. shortly the president of the united states will be lighting the christmas tree, an annual event. now, it's tradition that the president does this. brings his family down. dana, you and i have both been to one of them. tell us your story. >> dana: the first year i worked in d.c. after the 9/11 attack. christmas season was very special time. obviously, even more so. but it was...
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help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> bill: thank for staying with us. i'm woirl in the kelly file segment tonight. three hot topics. we begin with the supreme court meeting tomorrow to consider the issue of gay marriage as a civil rights issue. you may remember that the state of california voted down gay marriage the very liberal ninth circuit of appeals ruled that the vote was unconstitutional on a civil rights basis. here now to the situation megyn kelly and lis wiehl. nobody is going to know what they say. what do you think they are going to talk about. >> they decide whether they're going to grant certain case. any of these cases there is a number of them and whether or not they are going to take them up. i think they will take one. there is nine they have to consider can respect to gay marriage. some involve prop 8 out in california. some involve the defense of marriage act which is a federal law signed by president clinton. that defines marriage as between a man and a
help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> bill: thank for staying with us. i'm woirl in the kelly file segment tonight. three hot topics. we begin with the supreme court meeting tomorrow to consider the issue of gay marriage as a civil rights issue. you may remember that the state of california voted down gay marriage the very liberal ninth circuit of appeals ruled that the...